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View this email in your browser Weekly July 1, 2020 Week At A Glance WED 7/1 Office Closed - PG&E planned power outage 7:30 am Men's Breakfast    Join Zoom meeting https://zoom.us/j/627030126    Meeting ID: 627 030 126 10:00 am Wed Morning Faith Fellowship Group    Zoom link and password emailed separately THURS 7/2 7:00 pm Thurs Evening Faith Fellowship Group    Zoom link and password emailed separately   FRI 7/3 6:30 pm Friday Growing Places Small Group Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86885149314 Meeting ID: 868 8514 9314   SUN 7/5 10:00 am Communion Zoom    Join Zoom Meeting    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88233893868    Meeting ID: 882 3389 3868 TUES 7/7 6:00 pm Community Craft Circle    Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/932350321    Meeting ID: 932 350 321 WED 7/8 7:30 am Men's Breakfast    Join Zoom meeting https://zoom.us/j/627030126    Meeting ID: 627 030 126 10:00 am Wed Morning Faith Fellowship Group    Zoom link and password emailed separately 2020 Vision Checkup When FLC started the 2020 Vision Theme in January, we had no idea about how our eyes and minds would be opened wider than ever. There was no eminent danger and our challenge was to see everything more clearly through the lens of Jesus Christ.  Wow. The world has been altered.   So, here we are half way through 2020 and we have experienced much - too much.  We can almost imagine being alive when the message Jesus was bringing, began turning everything in society upside down. It must have seemed like chaos to everyone, much like today. But, how else does a new perspective occur? How else are we awakened from our usual patterns to another way of seeing, and thinking, and feeling, and living, and serving God?   “In the beginning” Christ was there when chaos was restructured into a new vision, a new creation. In Acts, Christ was there when a new church was being formed through the vision of the Holy Spirit through the believers. Difficult? Very!!!!  But, it is still being accomplished and we are the descendants of generations of Christians. Christ is with us as well, comforting, answering prayers, emboldening us where needed and, yes, helping us to have “eyes that see.”   So “Be not Afraid”  Christ is with us. Have HOPE. In fact, embrace the opening of your hearts, minds and eyes. Some of what we see, we do not like, but it has been exposed in order to be made known.   So, what do we do now that our VISION has become more clear?  What about the rest of 2020 and beyond?  PRAY often, connecting to God, the source of love and power and then keep on TRUSTING with FAITH and SERVING where you feel called to do so.   Let’s bring the Heavenly vision of love, peace and compassion to reality NOW.  So with eyes wide open, we continue our 2020 challenge to be clearly led by Jesus, moment by moment in an upside-down world.  From the Prayer and Healing Team Youth Click on the image below to go to the Fireside Chats on the church website. Announcements Bible Study Opportunities: For both of these classes we will incorporate in-person gathering as well as zoom. Please RSVP to Pastor Charlane or the office if you plan to join in person as space is limited for in-person attendance.  Thursdays, 9 am. beginning July 9. We will spend four weeks looking at the book of James and then will jump into a thirteen week study on the minor prophets of the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament)  Wednesdays, 6:30 pm beginning July 15, join the conversation! We will begin an eighteen week study called “Troubling the Waters for the Healing of the Church: A journey for White Christians from privilege to partnership” Cost of materials: $5  FLC Book Group We have selected 2 books for our next meeting on July 20 at 4pm: Untamed by Glennon Doyle  ( the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live) Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates  (a 2015 nonfiction book, written as a letter to the author's teenage son about the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the United States) Please consider joining us - Contact Colleen (368-7315) or Carol (office 878-1870) for more info or  questions. Free to a good home: 2017 microwave. It is 20 x 11.5 x 15.5 on the outside and the interior is 13.5 x  9 x  13.5. It works and we no longer need it. Contact Connie Elmore for more information.  Upcoming Birthdays Carlos Del Pozo  7/2 Paul Petrul  7/2 Lynette Beadles  7/6 Connie Elmore  7/6 Bruce Broadwell  7/7 Stacy Hogsett  7/8 Anita Norton  7/14 Daniel Krall  7/16 Tim Pitz  7/20 Mike Mulligan  7/21 Lydia Elmore  7/25 Upcoming Anniversaries Joe and Janet Bena  7/13 Lydia Elmore and Maher Al Abri  7/19 Jim and Jennifer Wood  7/21 Carol and Doug Davies  7/25 Adam and Melia Borruso  7/30 Faith at a Distance Happy birthday Paul and Betty!!!! Happy birthday Tom and Connie!!! Turtle Bread!! Faith Lutheran Church 1115 Combie Road Meadow Vista 95722 530.878.1870 Copyright © *2019* *Faith Lutheran Church of Meadow Vista*, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 1115 Combie Road, Meadow Vista, CA   95722 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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1115 Combie Road
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